People in traditional Tibetan garb in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa.
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Construction has begun on a 30-billion-yuan (US$4.7 billion) culture and tourism park in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region.
The park, with a planned area of 800 hectares and 2 kilometers from downtown Lhasa, is expected to be completed in three to five years, said Ma Xinming, deputy mayor of the city, as the building project launched on Sunday.
The park is designed to improve Tibet's tourism credentials and be a landmark of its cultural industry, Ma said.
It will include attractions themed around Princess Wencheng, daughter of Emperor Li Shimin of the prosperous Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE), who married Tibetan King Songtsan Gambo when she was 16.
The princess, along with a dowry consisting of numerous treasures, books, golden furniture and medical equipment, traveled 3,000km to her new home.
Visitors will be offered regular Wencheng-based outdoor performances named Princess Wencheng and other educational and entertainment facilities tracing the footsteps of the princess in Tibet.
The actors featuring in Princess Wencheng will be sent to Beijing for rehearsals and will begin touring the show in late September.
The culture and tourism park will also include an "Art City," home to displays of Tibetan handicrafts and medicine, and a "Folk City," where tourists can get a taste of local life and buy folk goods.
Cultural innovation, business and residential districts will also be incorporated into the project.
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